Severe strongyloidiasis: a systematic review of case reports

D Buonfrate, A Requena-Mendez, A Angheben… - BMC infectious …, 2013 - Springer
Background Strongyloidiasis is commonly a clinically unapparent, chronic infection, but
immuno suppressed subjects can develop fatal disease. We carried out a review of literature …

Strongyloides stercoralis: there but not seen

M Montes, C Sawhney, N Barros - Current opinion in infectious …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Strongyloidiasis is a major global health challenge that is underestimated in many countries.
Novel diagnostic methods are expected to improve epidemiological studies and control …

[HTML][HTML] Strongyloidiasis in transplant patients

AC Roxby, GS Gottlieb, AP Limaye - Clinical infectious diseases …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode that can persist in the human host for
decades after the initial infection and can progress to fulminant hyperinfection syndrome in …

Eosinophilic pneumonias

P Akuthota, PF Weller - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
This review starts with discussions of several infectious causes of eosinophilic pneumonia,
which are almost exclusively parasitic in nature. Pulmonary infections due specifically to …

Epidemiological aspects of strongyloidiasis in Brazil

FM Paula, JM Costa-Cruz - Parasitology, 2011 - cambridge.org
The objective of this review was to outline an epidemiological profile of Strongyloides
stercoralis by parasitological and serological diagnosis in inhabitants, and to associate this …

Overlapping Infection by Strongyloides spp. and Cytomegalovirus in the Immunocompromised Host: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature

T Lupia, E Crisà, A Gaviraghi, B Rizzello… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Strongyloides and cytomegalovirus co-infections are rarely reported, even though they are
distinguished by high morbidity and mortality, especially in immunocompromised hosts. We …

Donor-derived Strongyloides stercoralis infections in renal transplant recipients

KW Hamilton, PL Abt, MA Rosenbach… - …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background. Donor-derived Strongyloides stercoralis infection occurs rarely after
transplantation, and the risk factors are not well understood. We present cases of two renal …

Strongyloides stercoralis, the hidden worm. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 70 cases diagnosed in the North Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, Spain …

L Valerio, S Roure, G Fernández-Rivas… - Transactions of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The nematode Strongyloides stercoralis has a very particular
autoinfection life-cycle which leads to chronic infections remaining undetected for decades …

[HTML][HTML] Strongyloidiasis-related deaths in the United States, 1991–2006

C Croker, R Reporter, M Redelings… - The American journal of …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The objective of this study was to 1) assess the incidence of strongyloidiasis in the United
States, 2) evaluate demographic and regional associations, and 3) identify comorbid …

Solid organ transplant and parasitic diseases: a review of the clinical cases in the last two decades

S Fabiani, S Fortunato, F Bruschi - Pathogens, 2018 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of parasitic infections in solid organ
transplant (SOT) recipients. We conducted a systematic review of literature records on post …